Festo is a leading international supplier of automation technology with a turnover in 2021 of around €3.35 billion. Festo employs over 20,700 people worldwide and is a proven innovator and problem solver in pneumatic and electrical automation, where it is the performance leader. Festo offers around 30,000 pneumatic and electric products in hundreds of thousands of variants for automation in the agriculture sector in areas such as milking & dairy, horticulture, vertical farming, aqua culture, sorting & grading and packaging. Sustainability, reducing its CO2 footprint, digital learning, innovation, performance and speed are the key drivers for the company’s future.
Festo Industrial Automation’s innovative strength is demonstrated through the launch of around 100 new products every year. The company invests over 7% of its turnover in R&D, resulting in over 2,600 patents held worldwide. For more information about the company’s products and UK / Irish services, please visit: http://www.festo.com/gb and http://www.festo.com/ie